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The simple tractor safety checks every farmer should be making

Jim Dockery, Towra Livestock Services says that a change of mindset is needed on farms to ensure that safety checks become part and parcel of everyday tasks

FARM SAFETY 4 November 2026

The simple tractor safety checks every farmer should be making

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Key safety advice on dealing with electricity from ESB at Tullamore Farm walk

Key safety advice on dealing with electricity from ESB at Tullamore Farm walk

BUILDINGS 4 November 2026

Warning issued after elderly farmer killed by ‘flighty’ cow during loading

Warning issued after elderly farmer killed by ‘flighty’ cow during loading

NEWS 12 September 2026

Women farmers get hands-on training at safety event in Leitrim

Women farmers get hands-on training at safety event in Leitrim

Women farmers get hands-on training at safety event in Leitrim

NEWS 8 September 2026

Farm Safety Live returns to Tullamore Show

Farm Safety Live returns to Tullamore Show

Farm Safety Live returns to Tullamore Show

NEWS 4 August 2026

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Editorial: attitude to risk must change if progress is to be made on farm safety

Editorial: attitude to risk must change if progress is to be made on farm safety

If you don’t fill a tractor with diesel it will stop, and the human body is very similar.

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Farming accounts for 40% of workplace fatalities, ministers warn

Farming accounts for 40% of workplace fatalities, ministers warn

The focus of Farm Safety Week this year is people, as too many farming families are living with the impacts of serious injuries.

NEWS 22 July 2026

Peter 'Chap' Cleere: 'I'll only be a minute' is a phrase every farmer knows

Peter 'Chap' Cleere: 'I'll only be a minute' is a phrase every farmer knows

Fianna Fáil's agriculture spokesperson Peter 'Chap' Cleere wants farmers to keep their personal safety and that of all others who come onto their farms in the front of their minds this and every week.

OPINION 22 July 2026

Poignant Embrace Farm Event

Poignant Embrace Farm Event

The annual Embrace Farm Ecumenical Remembrance Service took place in Abbeyleix last Sunday.

EDITORIAL 1 July 2026

Farm contractors donate €1,000 to Embrace FARM

Farm contractors donate €1,000 to Embrace FARM

The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) was ‘delighted’ to attend and support Embrace FARM’s ecumenical remembrance service, writes Katie McGovern.

NEWS 29 June 2026

Roadkill and stag parties feature in lively deer debate

Roadkill and stag parties feature in lively deer debate

The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture took a deep dive into deer management and discovered how little is known about the number of wild deer in the country.

NEWS 28 May 2026

FBD urges farmers to take 10 minutes to check tractor safety

FBD urges farmers to take 10 minutes to check tractor safety

National Tractor Safety Week highlights simple checks that can save lives on Irish farms.

NEWS 26 May 2026

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